About block 968,841
Bitcoin block 968,841 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM UTC, 14 min 24 s after block 968,840. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,117 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 968,841 is number 1,162 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 854 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,159 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 223 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,875 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.